Egg-beater



(No Model.) I

' W, J. JOHNSON.

EGG BEATER. No. 359,976. Patented Mar. 22, 1887..

\/\/fTNESSESif 'NVENTURZ UNITED STATES PATENT rains,

VILLIAM J. JOHNSON, OF NEWTON, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MANU- FACTURINGCOMPANY, OF \VOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

EGG- B EATER.

E-SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,976. dated March22, 1887.

Application filed July 1, 1586. Serial No. 206,801. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM J. JOHNSON, of Newton, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in EggBeaters, of which the following, taken ineonnection'with the accompanying drawing, is a specification.

This invention is an improved article of manufacture-viz., aspoon-shaped egg-beater having its handle and the outline of its headformed of a single length of wire, and p rovided with two or moreparallel independent heaters secured to the marginal wire of the head.The beater-wires are by preference secured in place by indentations inthe marginal wire and by subsequent tinning, and for greater stiffnessthe shank of the handle is twisted.

The drawing is a planvicw of my improved implement, showing its bestform.

A is the handle, B the stiffened shank, and O the rim of the head. Theseessential parts are all made of a single length of wire, bent centrallyto form the oval head, then twisted upon itself to give stiffness andsymmetry to the shank, then diverging and running about parallel at asuitable distance, for convenient grasping as a handle, the ends of thewire being turned inwardly at its extremity and properly united. Thebest and simplest union of these ends is accomplished by inclosing themwithin a suitable sleeve, D, made fast by tinning. I

If desired, the parts A B Oniay be all made of twisted wire, instead ofplain wire, as shown.

F F are independent beater-wires running parallel to but disconnectedfrom each other, and made fast at each end to the marginal wire bybending around it at equidistant points, where the wire preferably hasbeen indented by a blunt tool to displace without removing the stock, soas to anchor the boaters F.

The beaters may run parallel to the handle, if preferred.

The tinning to which the article is now subjected gives it an exteriorfinish, and firmly unites the parts in condition for use. Theindentations locate the wires F properly without measurement, and thesewires, being independent of each other, facilitate the cleaning of thearticle, since there are no fine crevices in which particles of the eggmay lodge and remain.

I am aware of the egg-beater patents granted as follows: King, No.51,839, January 2, 1866; Munson, No. 124,375, March 5, 1872; Hood, No.130,297, August 6, 1872, and Taber, No. 130,767, August 20, 1872. Idisclaim all such devices as are set forth in said patents; but

I claim as my invention As an improved article of manufacture, thedescribed egg-beater consisting of the handle A, shank B, and head O,formed of a single length of wire, in combination with the parallelheaters F, disconnected from each other, but fixed at their ends to themarginal wire 0, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 29th day of June, A. D.1886.

\VlLLIAM J. JOHNSON.

W'itnesses:

A. H. SPENonR, ELIHU G. LooMis.

